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Week Two: April 20-April 24

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Math

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Multiplying Fractions

CLICK HERE:

Multiplying Fractions Video

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Dividing Fractions

CLICK HERE:

Dividing Fractions Video

Changing Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions

CLICK HERE: Changing Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions Video

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Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

CLICK HERE: Changing Improper Fraction to Mixed Number Video

The following link will take you to a variety of online practice

activities related to fractions. It is broken down by grade

level. You can choose to try 6th grade activities or lower

level activities if you need to.

CLICK HERE: Online Activities

If you would like some printable practice activities, use the

link below. Answer keys are available if you choose this

option.

CLICK HERE: Printable Activities

The link below will take you to a

set of online manipulatives. It’s a

neat tool! Check it out!

Online Fraction Manipulatives

Fraction Vocabulary Review

The link will take you to Quizlet to practice

fraction vocabulary.

https://quizlet.com/65781745/flashcards

ELA/Reading

Instructions1. Read the Scholastic article (using slides or link to

Scholastic webpage)

2. Watch the video related to the article

3. Respond to the Core Question using complete

sentences

4. Complete the Continue the Learning Journey

activities

Domino DesignerAn artist uses physics to create amazing domino displaysBy Jennifer Barone

https://scienceworld.scholastic.com/issues/2018-19/021119/domino-designer.html#1040L

You may use the link above to access the article on the Scholastic website or continue to the next slide!

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: What character traits describe Lily Hevesh? What forces affect how dominoes fall?

Lily Hevesh started playing with dominoes when she was about 9 years old. “My

grandparents had the classic 28-pack,” she says. Hevesh loved setting up the

dominoes in a straight or curved line, flicking the first one, and then watching the

whole line fall, one domino after another.

Soon she began searching online for videos of more elaborate domino displays. “I

found people building incredible structures, spelling out words, and even making

portraits,” she says. “It blew my mind that anyone could do these amazing tricks if

they spent the time and effort to set them up.”

By age 10, Hevesh’s domino collection had grown much larger, and she’d started

posting videos of her own domino projects online. Now, at 20, she’s a professional

domino artist. Her YouTube channel, Hevesh5, has more than 2 million

subscribers. She creates spectacular domino setups for movies, TV shows, and

events—including an album launch for pop star Katy Perry.

Hevesh has worked on team projects involving 300,000 dominoes, and she helped

set a Guinness World Record for the most dominoes toppled in a circular

arrangement: 76,017. Her largest installations take several nail-biting minutes to

fall. But once Hevesh creates her intricate displays, all she has to do is let them

tumble according to the laws of physics.

Lily Hevesh: Domino Artist | Science World

Click the link to watch a video on Lily Hevesh and how she creates her domino designs!

THE DOMINO EFFECT

Hevesh says one physical phenomenon in particular is essential to a great domino

setup. “Gravity is the main thing that makes my projects possible,” she says. This

force pulls a knocked-over domino toward Earth, sending it crashing into the next

domino and setting off a chain reaction.

Stephen Morris, a physicist at the University of Toronto, agrees that gravity is key

when it comes to dominoes. “When you pick up a domino and stand it upright,

lifting against the pull of gravity, you store some potential energy in it,” he says.

1. Standing a domino upright gives it potential energy, or stored energy based

on its position.

2. When the domino falls, much of its potential energy is converted to kinetic

energy, or energy of motion.

3. Falling dominoes slide against one another, and their bottoms slip against the

surface they’re on. Both movements create friction. As a result, some energy

is converted into heat and sound.

Before Hevesh knocks over one of her creations, thousands of dominoes stand

right where she placed them. These unmoving dominoes have inertia, a tendency

to resist motion when no outside force is pushing or pulling on them. But a tiny

nudge is all it takes to push the first domino past its tipping point. “When that first

domino falls, the potential energy that was stored in it becomes available to do

something—mainly, to push on the next domino,” says Morris.

As the first domino falls, much of its potential energy converts to kinetic energy,

the energy of motion (see Converting Energy). Some of that energy is transmitted

to the next domino, providing the push needed to knock it over. Energy continues

traveling from domino to domino—until the last one falls.

DESIGNING A DISPLAY

When Hevesh creates one of her mind-blowing domino setups, she follows a

version of the engineering-design process. She starts by considering the theme or

purpose of an installation. She brainstorms images or words she might want to

use in the design.

Next, Hevesh plans out what kind of domino arrangements she wants to

incorporate. They might include grids of dominoes that form pictures when they

fall, stacked domino walls, or 3-D structures like domino towers or pyramids.

Hevesh calculates how many dominoes of each color she’ll need before she starts

building. But rather than counting tens of thousands of dominoes by hand, she

weighs them and uses a formula to make sure she has enough of each type.

There’s another important force that acts on toppling dominoes: friction. This

slowing force comes into play whenever moving surfaces make contact. Falling

dominoes create friction as they slide against one another and when their bottom

edge slips against the ground. “Plastic dominoes on a polished floor can be very

slippery. They’re going to topple differently than wooden dominoes on a rougher

surface,” says Hevesh.

To account for such variations, Hevesh makes test versions of each section of an

installation to make sure they work individually. Filming the tests in slow motion

allows her to make precise corrections when something doesn’t go right. Once each

section works perfectly, she puts them all together. The biggest 3-D sections go up

first. Then she adds flat arrangements and finally the lines of dominoes that

connect all the sections together.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

Hevesh leaves safety gaps in the connecting lines, omitting a few dominoes

here and there, until the last minute. That way, if she or a teammate accidentally

knocks something over while putting on the finishing touches, the mistake

doesn’t bring the whole installation crashing down. “I’m pretty good at

preventing big accidental topples, but small ones happen in just about every

project,” says Hevesh. “It’s almost inevitable with dominoes.”

When it’s time for the official run, Hevesh is usually a bit nervous. “No matter

how much I’ve planned, there are always little things that surprise me,” she

says. “I worry constantly that something will go wrong. Once the last domino

has toppled, that’s when I can finally celebrate and sigh in relief.”

CORE QUESTION: How does testing each section of a display help Hevesh refine

her domino designs? Use evidence from the article to write your answer in

complete sentences.

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Lily helped set the Guinness World Record for the most dominoes toppled in a

single arrangement (over 76,000 dominos!).

1. Visit the Guinness World Records website and look at some other records.

List five that are especially interesting to you and describe why you chose

each one.

2. Can you come up with an idea for a new world record that you might want

to break?

Continue the Learning JourneyAnswer the following questions related to the article “Domino Designer.”

Science

Learning Science!● I have compiled multiple resources for you to pick and choose how you

would like to learn. They are on the following slides.○ Discovery Tech Book instructions on how to use and access.○ Flocabulary○ Google Classroom

Discovery Tech Book● Follow the instructions in the link to access the Tech Book:

○ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gopEPR_n7m5AU9HNc7i4PyP38-kXPBz2N26DtqLAcDY/edit

● Once logged in, each week there will be new assignments that you can work through. There are different activities in each one such as reading passages, open response or multiple choice questions, simulations, videos, etc.

● You are not required to complete it all in one sitting. It may take you five 30 minute breaks to finish one.

● This week will start with Light Energy.● If you have any questions or need help, please email me at

rmurrow@duplinschools.net or contact me through Class Dojo.

Flocabulary● Various topics will be put up for you to explore each week. By no means

do you have to complete them all. www.flocabulary.com ● Class codes by homeroom:

○ Murrow: SRGMDY○ Wright: XS99HM○ Retherford: R3KMDS○ Armstrong: WNKYVY○ Hall: DZG9JQ○ Broadley: KM2TRZ

Google Classroom● To join my classroom please use the code: qj45osz● On this you will find various activities each week. It may ask you to take a

look at the moon each night and describe in a sentence or two or a drawing what you see. It may ask you to go and find a plant/flower and ask you to draw it and label it and post it to the classroom.

● Each week there will be directions for what to do for these activities.

Social Studies-

Continuing to travel! Week 2

The Ancient Civilizations we will travel to are as follows:

Ancient ChinaAncient IndiaMaya Aztec IncaThe Middle Ages The Renaissance

Virtual Means of Travel to the Ancient World

Discovery Ed. S.S. Techbook-Social Studies Techbook on Discovery Ed. Here is the link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gopEPR_n7m5AU9HNc7i4PyP38-kXPBz2N26DtqLAcDY/edit

Weekly Assignments are on Google Classroom which will link you to the SS Weekly Articles

Continue on to the next slide for your directions for connecting to everything you need!!!!!

Hey students! Hope you are all safe and well. Many of you seem to be having problems logging into your SS Weekly from the district link I shared so … TRY THIS PLEASE!

· Go to NCEdCloud· Click on CLEVER· SS Weekly is at the bottom!· When you click that link, it will prompt you to login with Clever.· Choose your school and enter in your NCEdCloud username and password.

*****I am also posting the Direct Link to the SS Weekly articles on, Google Classroom, 6th Grade Online Resources on Google Slides, the homepage on my Wallace teacher Webpage, and Class Dojo! Google Classroom Class CODES.

· Wright-aalku6v· Broadly- hrhomzc· Murrow- c6gcua7· Armstrong- aj6iuqj· Hall- i5h7ogf· Retherford- ysg24de

** New videos and songs to enrich the ancient civilization we are visiting will be posted in “useful Links” tab on my teacher webpage. Weekly assignments will be posted on Week Two 6th Grade Online Resources on Google Slides Hope to hear from you all soon!!!! Ms. Wright.

Google Classroom Class CODES.Wright-aalku6vBroadly- hrhomzcMurrow- c6gcua7Armstrong- aj6iuqjHall- i5h7ogfRetherford- ysg24de

As you travel...think GRAPES

Geography ReligionAchievementsPolitics/governmentEconomicsSocial Structure (caste system)

LINKShttps://slideplayer.com/slide/15532881/ https://1drv.ms/p/s!Ag9mfD3dqoChdtZIlblQQUif7Ughttps://slideplayer.com/slide/4415787/ Buddhism

mhttps://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-indiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40HSvh3NPlY http://stepheidson.weebly.com/indus-river-valley.htmlhttps://india.mrdonn.org/achievements.htmlhttps://www.storypick.com/20-clever-inventions-probably-didnt-know-made-indians/

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW!

Work on Ancient India in any order you’d like! Here are a list of the videos that you can watch on the S.S.Weekly site and is in GoogleClassroom to help you understand the articles on Ancient India! Varios están en espanol tambien!

● Ancient India● People of Ancient India● Caste System (social pyramid)● Asoka● India● Be an Archaeologist

RESOURCE

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